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p*ic# é ««*.•Of'Hound . . .Towntyiitfi (RoundaboutCOUNT YW1DENEWS COVERAGECombining the newsgatbering facilities of Rusk «miJacksonville agencies in the most complete localnews medium in Cherokee County.The CherokeeanTEXAS' OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED AS. THE PIONEER JULY 5, 1847Serving The Greater Cherokee County Trade Area10c per CopyPROSPECTS FOR A COUNTY VOLUME 111A I R P O R T ere improving . . —Roundabout enjoyed i visit withSummers A. Norman Wednesdaymorning . . . Summers is one ofthe fathers of this project thathas been talked for a long, longtime . . .16 PAGESRUSK. TEXASJUNE 11, 1959NUMBER 51M. G. MOORE and JACK NI-CHOLS are heading the air portcommittees for their respectiveChambers of Commerce . . . Mooreis J'ville's and Nichols the Ruskcommittee head . . .IF CHEROKEE COUNTY IS tocontinue to grow and prosper, WEMUST HAVE AN AIRPORT cap-able of landing some air traffic. . . Our neighbor, Angelina Coun-ty has a fine airport that is a realasset . . . Cherokee County is alarger county than Angelina, in-cidently . . .The potential site is centrallylocated, population wise, betweenour county's two major cities,Jacksonville and Rusk . . . Neithercity can afford to adequately fin-ance an airport on their own, butby working through the county,everyone can benefit , .THOSE WHO MET WITH theCommissioners Court Mondaywere: M G. Moore, Summers A.Norman, W. E. Bailey, Hugh Saw-yer and T. E. Acker from Jackson-ville. Jack Nichols, E. R. Greggand Clyde Baker attended fromRusk . . .CHEROKEE COUNTY HASBEEN PLACEO on the "approvedlist," and the site is already ap-proved by the Director of Aero-nautics of Austin . . .FLAG DAY Sunday will see Old Glory flying froma new mast in front of the Rusk Post Officé. Post-master Fred Lunsford, left, shown here with PostalInspector R. H. McDonald of Tyler, said he hopedto have at least a 49-star flag but that the 48-starcolors will have to do, until Independence Day cere-monies when he hopes to have one of the new flags.The new flag pole has been in use for some threeweeks.AT FIVE CENTSTHE COMMISSIONERS' COURTis taking the proposal under con-sideration now, and we'll have; more information in the near fu-1 jimuTimid Tomato Deal OpensIn Cherokee on Mondayture. Roundabout hopesRECEIVED A GREAT MANYCOMMENTS on our two para-graphs on the By-passing of Hunts-ville, and the warning that it couldhappen to us .. . Roundabout wasin Huntsville again last week-end,and stopped and took a pictureof the super by-pass . . .FROM ALL THE WORD Round-about received, the big majorityof our people definitely want thecity to cooperate with the state onU. S. 69 so that it wil not happenhere . . . 0 Man's Body IsRecovered fromWell TuesdayJ'VILLE — The body of Jessie(Hub) Sellings, 71, Rt. 4 Jackson-ville, was recovered from a well inhis front yard around 10:30 Tues-day morning. An apparent suicide,Mr. Stallings reportedly jumpedinto the well around 10 a.m., ac-cording to Jack Johnson of theJacksonville Fire Department.Johnson said that a witnessstated he saw Stallings jump intothe well.The Jacksonville Fire Depart-ment answered the call, and re-covered Mr. Stagings body around10:30 a.m.Firemen answering the call were:Jack Johnson, Karl Gray, KennethGray, Olen Peters, and CliftonJohnston.Funeral services are pending atMeet ProposedThe Rusk Chamber of Com-merce is due an invitation soonfrom its Jacksonville counter-part. The latter has instructedits President to seek a jointmeeting of the two to talk overthe Blackburn Dam project.Purpose of the meeting is toattempt to iron out differencesbetween the two towns on theproject. The Jacksonville Cham-ber has endorsed the Dam.Rusk now has a suit pendingasking restraint of the Author-ity and seeking to get out ofthe Upper Neches tri-city fam-ily. iatiiHNittKciiniiiiituiui'iiKiiriirwu-ci-nitjitiiwmaniiiiiHiTomatoes—where they were be-ing marketed—were going for fivecents in Cherokee County earlythis week.Scattered reports indicated thatselling was light, but that thequality and quantity may pick upif clear weather continues throughthe week.Gus Whiteman, Alto buyer open; since Monday, said there had been| light marketing at his shed. The; grade is somewhat below par, hesaid, but that he looked for it topick up if it doesn't rain. He saidthere is a possibility that thiscould turn into a pretty good to-mato deal.H. SawyerReveals CCResignationJ'VILLE — Hugh A. Sawyer,manager of the Jacksonville Cham-:ber of Commerce for the past fiveyears, presented his resignation tothe Chamber directors' monthlyluncheon Wednesday at noon.Sawyer is accepting a positionas vice-president and general man-ager of the Rocky Mount, NorthCarolina, Chamber of Commerce.His resignation is effective July 1.Sawyer stated that Rocky Mountis a town of approximately 40.000and that he will receive a substan-tial Lnerease in salary He plans totake up duties there July 1Chamber President W. E. Baileyexpressed regret at losing Sawyerand stated to the directors thatnow more than ever he will needthe close assistance and coopera-tion of the entire board.Dr. Cecil Peeples moved thatthe board express its appreciationand best wishes to Sawyer And arequest by P. H. Broiles resultedin a resolution that the Chamberof Commerce pass a resolutionrecognizing the excellent servicehe had given the chamber and cityfor the past five years.At the noon luncheon at Sadler'sRestaurant, Sawyer gave a reviewof the Chamber's activities andaccomplishments during the firstsix months of this year.He said a plan for re-surfacingdowntown streets was progressingvery satisfactorily.He reported that the ChamberJ has a contract with the Hocken-berry System to make a survey iodetermine if a hotel or motelneeded 'in Jacksonville and ifwhat si/e. The survey will beon June 22.(See SAWYER, Page 4)City May Issue WarrantsTo Finance U.S. 69 Work1The Rusk City Council Tuesdaynight appeared anxious to startmoves to eliminate the "bottle-neck'' that some have feared willstall the Highway 09 improve-ment program in the county or resuit in by-passing Rusk.The council, after hearing a re-port from the finance committeeconcerning the project, agreed toget in touch with a bondsman andhold a joint meeting with the finance committee as early as prac-tical.The finance committee recom-mended issuance of time warrantsto finance the project—estimatedby the Highway Department tocost the city approximately $28,000. The committee also recom-HUGH SAWY¿RAuthority Voted torTime Warrant IssueThe Cherokee County Commis-1 funds, ruling out the need for in-sioners Court Monday took the | creased taxation in the Road andfirst step in implementing the Bridge Fund.county's big road improvement The County at present has onlyprogram when it voted to autho- $5,000 outstanding of the $100,000Four Attend SFASchool LunchWorkshop This Wk.AWOL Soldier Cuts SelfAfter 3-Day Stay In Jailrize time warrants to cover indebledness incurred in obtainingright-of-way.The court issued notice severalweeks ago of intention to autho-1rize the time warrants. It. notedthat the "principal sum" of in-debtedness to be incurred will notFour employees of the Rusk j exceed $500,000.School cafeterias are attending the However, this figure along withSchool Lunch Workshop at Stephen. the maximum maturity date set)F. Austin College in Nacogdoches for the warrants — 1984 -- were)this week. They are Mesdames Ann j safeguard measures and that theBothwell, Rusk High; Anabelle c o u r t had no intention of apJones, Anna Ross and Bessie Lloyd preaching either.of Rusk Elementary. Interest rate of the warrants areMrs. Vivian Heald, supervisor, 1 not to exceed five per cent andwill join them Wednesday, when are to mature serially over a per-they will present a demonstration jod of years, the maximum matu-on making Yeast Breads. . rity date to be Dec. 15, 1980According to the notice, "the¡Court will levy a continuing directj annual ad valorem tax out of theI Road and Bridge Fund Tax . . .; for the purpose of paying the¡ principal and interest on the in-debtedness proposed to be createdin warrants issued in May, 1957.for right-of way on State Highway21 and U, S. 09.The State is reimbursing thecounty for bait the right-of-waycost,iiitiiiHHiiiHKinniiHHNUUiiiHHMmniiimiiiiuiuiiiiMinniiii!Make-up OK'dFor 3rd GradeJ'VILLE — An AWOL soldier, son, was lodged in jail Sunday according to County JudgeThe National flower ofLeonard McAnally, whose parentslive in Bullard, late Tuesday wastreated for head wounds apparent-ly inflicted by himself in the Jackthe sonville City Jail.United States is the goldenrod.McAnally, with Vernon Samp-J Ville Area Farmers Can StillSell Produce on C ommerce St.afternoon. The two Negro soldiers 1 j Chandler no new taxes willare AWOL from Camp Chaffee.Arkansas.McAnally suffered only minorscalp wounds after he either hithimself with a glass bottle orbroke the bottle and used theglass to cut his head. Dr. D. W.Pryor said Wednesday the woundwas not serious and required nostitches.be levied. Law now provides forthe transfer of monies from otherElementary Principal J. M.Boone said Wednesday that theschool has found it will be ableto include n its summer make-up classes those pupils who wereretained in the third grade.Earlier if nad been thoughtthat only pupils in the 4-8 gradescould be offered make-up cour-ses. Principal Boone said theonly expense to the parents willbe in getting the children to andfrom the school and the usualschool supplies."Parents are urged to takeadvantage of this opportunity fortheir children. Friday, June 12,will be the last day pupils mayenroll."Chambers Ask Coooty toTake Up Airport ProjectCounty commissioners, due to a airport will be an attraction tomended an increase in the city'stax rate from $1.60 to $1.85.Stating the city will have nosurplus for improvements, thecommittee figured the raise tobring in $0,500 in new revenue.The $28,000 figuro was for stormsewer under North Main streetand from the "Y" on Highway 69to the city limits. Curb and gutteris to be provided by property own-ers. The Highway Department hasstated that no new right-of-waywill be needed.The council indicated it disfav-ored a tax rate hike, but was to■schedule the joint meeting to in-vestigate further.In other action the council okay-ed a one-inch line to the LittleLeague baseball park and a 50-foot, one-inch line to the BoyScout cabin in Lions Park.It adopted a recommendation ofthe Police and Fire Committee toleave a 20 foot clearance from thecorners at city intersections andinstructed the maintenance de-partment to make the necessarymarkings.The council also:Deferred action on bills for ad-vertising from the Cherokeean andi the Jacksonville Progress in con-nection with the Upper NechesWater Authority dispute. MayorMorris Hassell said an opinionfrom the legal counsel of the Texas: League of Municipalities stated thecity could not legally pay the bills¡ without confirmation by voters.: To do so would leave the govern-' ing body personally liable, he said.Accepted a lease offer from LeoTosh that would provide a build-ing for the city library. The lease; is for five years with a $25 month-ly rental. Tosh is renovating thebuilding, which will give the li-| brary considerably more spacethan it now has.Heard a petition from 11 resi-dents in the north section of thecity asking a larger water line,lire hydrants and sewage.Voted to take out unused park-ing meter posts according to arequest received.Passed on a motion to requirepayment in advance for water¡ taps. 0 Lioness Club ToCity Judge George Crawford said 1 lengthy regular meeting, were un-! industry, saying that most firms jthe two men were oeing held on able to deliberate officially on a prefer to have airport facilities Install Officersa local drunk charge and are being county airport proposition brought ¡ close by providing rapid transport-held for the Army. According toJ'VILLE—Farmers in this area at 4 p.m. in the city council cham- Market, assured the group that the p0jjce records, this is the secondwill be allowed to sell ¡.heir pro-duce on Commerce Street afterall.The Jacksonville City Council Jvoted to recend their action ofber to discuss this problem.The merchants committee voted9 to 7 to let the farmers sell inthe business section.E. E. Whatley, chairman, presid-farmer's markets sole purpose tjme the pair has been absent with-was to serve the farmers of Cher- ()Ut |caveokee County. A sinned statement bv VernonBoone, who is manager of thelast week which stopped the farm- ed at the meeting.ers from selling tomatoes and pro- Heated discussion, both for andduce on Commerce Street in the against began immediately.Catfish Row area. R jr M0ffeit, C. C. Bearden,Farmers can park in the center Frank Diamont, D T. Peterson,of Commerce Street, west of Pat- and Frank Casper spoke out inton Street the other side of the favor of allowing the farmers torailroad tracks. Up until this year, park and sell their produce onthey had been allowed to sell pro Catfish Row. They were of theduce from the middle of Com- opinion that farmers needed thismerce Street, west of Bolton St location to sell produce. It wasCity Council action came as a j also good for other business insigned„ "w":. Y* '"V Sampson statedFarmers Market, explained that . „... , 4 ,, (amp Chaffeeno charge would be made to thefarmers for parking and sellingtheir produce at the market. W. B.Paine pointed out that the con-gestion in this area presented safe-to them by Rusk and Jacksonville ation service.Chambers of Commerce represent-; prcsenting the Chambers' pro-atives Monday. posa I were: Summers A. Norman,The groups are seeking to have¡M. G. Moore, T. E. Acker, W. E.the county underwrite the local j Bailey, Hugh A. Sawyer and B.the pair had left j portion of the project, to be added H. Broiles, all of Jacksonville, andamp Chattee on June 1. They to federal monies the chambers E. R. Gregg, Jack Nichols andtook a plane to Fort Smith, Ark., feel can be obtained. Clyde Baker of Rusk.from where they hitchhiked to' A site for the airport has report- —Bullard. edly been decided on and inspect-The two were in Jacksonville on ed by the Civil Aeronautics Comty and traffic difficulties. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday mission.Following this lengthy discus- r,'8hts- according to Sampson's However, the comrr.doners, unsion. a motion by J. A. Fields wasmade that a vote be taken for andagainst the city enforcing theiraction to stop farmers from usingCommerce Street in the CatfishRow area to sell produce. The votestatement. McAnally was pickedup by police about 3 Sunday, Sampson about 5:30 p.m.Sampson said that McAnally(See AWOL, Page 4)able to discuss the project, havegiven no clue to how they mayreceive the airport proposition.The representatives, in present-ing their proposal, stated that theHolmes Brothers Funeral Home in result of a Retail Merchants Com- Jacksonville. Fear was expressed went 9 t0 7 against enforcing noJacksonville. Burial will be in the mittee of Jacksonville Chamber of that in the event the farmers were parkingcta i i (éias C>omm6FC6 meeting held MrinH&u ! mmfA/i s***.mctMAt(See STALLINGS, Pag* 4)SCD Banquet Set for 7: 30Thursday Evening In RuskMonday moved off Commerce Street, manywould stop trading here.Those in favor of continuing toallow farmers the use of Com-merce Street's Catfish Row area tosell produce stated that farmershad been allowed to sell produce,there for 40 years, and should notbe stopped now.Chamber of Commerce Presi-The annual Cherokee County Board of Supervisors, will be mas- dent W. E. Bailey explained thatSoil Conservation District banquet ter of ceremonies. the Chamber s Board of Directorswill begin at 7:30 Thursday even- Tickets are now on sale for the had asked the city council to takeing in Rusk, climaxing later in the event, always attended by scores steps to stop this parking becauseevening with awards and recogni- of countians, rural and urban. , of the safety, traffic and healthtion for dozens of county people ¡ Winn is presently a district con- problem it caused. The Chamberfor achievement and contribution servation board chairman and ato farm life. director of the Soil ConservationT. N. (Chick) Winn of Tyler, District Supervisors.formerly with the Soil Conserva- He was graduated from A&Mtion Service, will be the featured College in 1928 and has served asBulah FirstAid CourseStarts MondayAdvanced First Aid course clas-Central Baptist BibleSchool Now In ProgressThe Vacation Bible School of Minister of Music and Education atCentral Baptist Church got under-way last Friday with PreparationDay in spite of a pouring rain.The parade usually held on PreL. A. Verbick.Classes will also probably startnext week in the standard firstBoard believed this action would aid course at Cove Springs Baptiststimulate the use of the farmer's Church and at the New Hopemarket in Jacksonville. school, Verbick said Wednesday.ses will begin Monday, June 15, at paration Day had to be postponedthe Bulah School house. Classes until Monday because of the weathwill be taught by Otho Black and er.There were 216 present on Mon-day. At the close of the school at11:15 the parade was held withstreamers of red, white and bluecrepe paper decorating theand fire truck.Tuesday's attendance wasthe church is the principal of theschool Dr. Bradford Curry, pastortells the character story eachmorning at the joint worship ser-vice.Departmental superintendentsare; Mrs. Percy Hall, Nursery;Mrs. Dick Sheffield, beginner 1;Mrs. Harry Tilley, beginner 2;Mrs F. M. Meador, Primary 1 andcars 2; Mrs. Tom D. Stevens, Primary3; Mrs. A. A. Hall Junior 1; Mrs.214 C. P. Moore, Junior 2; Mrs. A. P.J. A. May, president of the The Bulah course will be forFarmer's Market and Hugh Saw- those who have completed the which did not include the attend-j Polk, Junior 3; Mrs. W. F. Beall, jAllen Goforth of Jack- a county agent and a vocational yer, Chamber of Commerce Man- standard course. There are seven ance at the Youth School held Junior 4; Miss Ruth Crenshaw,!sonville, chairman of the county agriculture teacher. ager and secretary of the Fanners (See BULAH, Page 4) in the evenings. B. B. Fields, Youth School,. ■/, ■¿■ ■MMumW:■ ■ -weNiMAL BAPTIST Vacationther Friday, rolled down Jacksonville streets Monday c«cargo of VBS goers. The school reported good attendance ondays.At Thurs. MeetOfficers of the Rusk LionessClub will be installed at their re-gular meeting Thursday noonJune 11th at Quinton's Restaurant.Outgoing president, Sarah Sum-mers, urges all members to at-tend.